Cleanzine: your weekly cleaning and hygiene industry newsletter 4th January 2024 Issue no. 1095
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 International News
Products Independent distributor association leader shares six success strategies
Christeyns Professional Hygiene launches eco-friendly cleaning range
Amsterdam Innovation Awards now open for entries
Taking infection prevention from the clinics to the casinos
PathoSans honours Alliance Française de Chicago with In Good Company Award
Paladin Holdings acquires industrial and commercial cleaning chemicals manufacturer, Texize
Global Hospital Hygiene Management Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2032, now available
Last chance for nominations for second annual Education Hygiene Specialist Excellence Award
The Award provides managers and supervisors with an opportunity to recognise exceptional custodians who deliver a clean and hygienic environment for students, teachers and staff in K-12 schools, colleges and universities. Nominations are open through 15th December, 2023.
Company has its first taste of green glory
Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino scored big with PathoSans sustainable, safe cleaning
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Welcome to the Cleanzine
Welcome to the first Cleanzine broadcast for 2024. Happy New Year to you and let’s hope that this coming year's better for all of us than the last few have been! I must say it’s not started well for those who’ve had to overcome the recent weather extremes including volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, flooding, excessive heat and drought – along with the not-so-natural disasters and struggles mankind’s constantly creating - and while I’d like to say, “Things can only get better” I won’t, since that’s not a given. Fingers crossed though…
While tying up the loose ends on this issue I listened to Chris Guilfoyle’s latest ‘Cleaning Up Business’ Podcast, which featured Phil Smith, managing director of Indigo Integrated FM and co-chair of the Living Wage Foundation. As Phil’s also founder/chair of The Hill Club, (the UK cleaning industry’s networking club) and a Court Assistant at the Worshipful Company of Environmental Cleaners – and with that, a Freeman City of London, he knows an awful lot about the industry and how it works and I have to say, listening to the podcast was an hour very well spent.
For example, I’d thought I knew everything about the Living Wage and with that, had often wondered how, with businesses having to try and cut costs, (including cleaning costs) cleaning contractors could afford to pay even the legal minimum – let alone the £2-ish higher, voluntary Living Wage. After all, if the client can’t afford to pay a higher price for the contract then where’s the cleaning contractor going to get the money from to cover higher wages?
Phil’s simple explanation of how employers can make the Living Wage work for them – rather than, perhaps as some people think, against them, was well thought out, logical and easy to understand. He talked about the development of cost models, for example, to find ways to enable a lot of the increases in wages to be absorbed, while improving productivity and employee loyalty, too. Adjusting shift patterns is a good ploy, since this allows you to reduce the percentage of downtime in each shift… say when it comes to employees getting uniforms and equipment out of the cupboard, getting ready for the shift, and then doing everything in reverse at the end of the shift. That’s done every shift, and the percentage of time it takes out of a two-hour shift as opposed to a four-hour shift is really high, isn’t it? There’s more like this and lots about the industry in general, so if you want to learn more, watch at https://lnkd.in/eUAfAF-8 or listen at: https://lnkd.in/eTyZt8Pa
 This Week's News
Cleanology set for record 2024 with new senior leadership team
Anthony Brown (front) has joined the fast-growing company as chief operating officer and will play a pivotal role in taking Cleanology to the next level across the UK.   Six goals of an inbound marketing program… Useful insights from specialist Robert Kravitz
There are six goals of an effective inbound marketing program. These are:
Government response to life-saving campaign 'disappointing' and 'complacent', says industry leader
The British Cleaning Council, which represents the £59bn cleaning, hygiene & waste industry, wrote to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in early October in support of a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Cleaning & Hygiene Industry, entitled 'Embedding Effective Hygiene for a Resilient UK'.  
Pudu's advanced robotics technology is at the forefront of addressing these problems, integrating the efficiency of robotics with the warmth of human touch. RAS supports Singapore National Environment Agency’s Clean Public Toilets campaign
The theme of the campaign is ‘Are you nice when no one's around? Do it right for everyone’ and it aims to encourage users of public toilets to practise the socially desirable actions of 'Clean, Flush, Dry & Bin'. Registration now open for Cleaning Products Europe 2024
At Cleaning Products delegates will be able to: Promoting visible sustainability initiatives may help encourage people to return to your facility
It is no surprise that the general population is becoming more environmentally conscious, with the extent of plastic pollution often making headlines. These perceptions should impact the way we manage our facilities - SC Johnson Professional found that visible sustainability efforts may make people more likely to return to your facility. Arup has designs on Metsä Group's new UK tissue paper mill
With the planned investment, Metsä Group's tissue paper business aims to replace almost half of imported essential tissue products and bring locally produced, sustainable tissue products to the UK, increasing the country's self-sufficiency in this sector by 30%. The Cleanzine Archive Search We keep an extensive archive of news stories and product information that have featured in past issues of The Cleanzine. If you would like to run a search of the The Cleanzine web site using the search tool below please just go ahead by entering in the name of the person, product or company or any other key words that you are looking for. How to contact us at The Cleanzine:
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